Putina Province

Putina pruwinsya
Putina pruwinsya
Province
	La Rinconada
	Location of San Antonio de Putina in the Puno Region
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Founded	June 12, 1989
Capital	Putina
Government
• Mayor	Alex Max Sullca Cáceres ; (2007-10)
Area
• Total	3,207.38 km2 (1,238.38 sq mi)
Elevation	3,874 m (12,710 ft)
Population
• Total	44,853
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2110
Website	www.muniputina.gob.pe

Putina Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.^[1]

Political division[]

The province measures 3,207.38 square kilometres (1,238.38 sq mi) and is divided into five districts:

District	Mayor	Capital	Ubigeo
Ananea	Crispin Amanqui Rodriguez		211002
Pedro Vilca Apaza	Juan Pablo Salas Chipana		211003
Putina	Alex Max Sullca Caceres	Putina	211001
Quilcapuncu	Leonardo Lipa Alvarez		211004
Sina	Marcial Huanca Mamani		211005

Geography[]

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Wisk'achani (Chawpi Urqu), the highest mountain of the range, lies on the border with Bolivia. Other peaks of the province are listed below:^[2]

Allqamarini
Ananea
Chapi
Chimpa Qiswarani
Chuqichampi
Ch'amakani
Ch'uxñaquta
Jach'a Tira
Janq'u Uma
Kimsa Tira
Kunka
Kuntur Ikiña (Ananea)
Kuntur Ikiña (Cuyocuyo)
Kuntur Sayana
Kuntur Thamaña
Kunturini
Khunuyu
Laramani

Lawa Tira
Lisani
Luqhu Phawchinta
Lusuqucha
Llantayuq
Llawlli
Mamanini
Ñuñuwani
Puka Urqu
Palumani
Puma Wachana
Punta Yawri
P'ujru
Qachini
Qala K'umu
Qaqa Waychu
Qillwani
Qucha Kunka

Quchapata
Qurwari
Qhuna Kunka
Rit'i Urmasqa
Rit'ipata
Rit'iyuq
Saywa
Tarujani
Uqi Nasa
Uyuni
Waylla Tira
Wiqu
Yana Uma
Yana Urqu
Yanaqucha
Yawa Yawa

Ethnic groups[]

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.24% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 9.37% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

References[]

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved January 2, 2008
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Putina Province (Puno Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007